3) House Party
1) End life sentences for ALL juveniles EVERYWHERE! Support HR4300, which would end juvenile LWOP in YOUR state
Please watch an important video in support of HR4300 put together by a mother whose own child is living a sentence of LWOP.
Many people ask us how they can help. So we have put together a list of different ways you can offer support to our cause of helping juveniles in prison.
We hope you will consider one or more of the options below.
The legal system needs change and the people are the only ones who can force that change. By taking action we can show the system just where we stand on the treatment of our juveniles being thrown into the adult courts and prisons.
Children are our most precious natural resource.
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The Pendulum Foundation believes in second chances. As a juvenile justice non-profit organization, we are committed to educating the public about the issues surrounding children convicted and sentenced as adults. We are also committed to taking into prison MRT, a ground breaking cognitive behavior program, which will help transform the lives of young prisoners. Our goal is to ensure – whether inside or outside of prison -- happy, healthy, well-adjusted and productive adults.
Our 501( c )4 arm, Pendulum Juvenile Justice, is dedicated to juvenile sentencing reform. In that capacity, we are the first state to lower juvenile LWOP sentences. We are also the first state to create a juvenile clemency board.
John Leonard New York Magazine
"... As usual with Bikel, there is a minimum of editorializing, a maximum of alert sympathy for everybody talked to, and a startled eye, a kind of exacerbated witness, on unruly emotions and lunatic systems. We emerge from When Kids Get Life, as from each of her previous films, not merely indignant, but injured in our humanism."
When Kids Get Life
original broadcast - May 08, 2007 at 9pm
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You can contact the governor's office, 303-866-2471, and ask him to commute to time served all 5 of the Colorado juveniles featured in the Frontline broadcast, "When Kids Get Life".
Or email him at governor.ritter@state.co.us
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NY Times Editorial July 3, 2008
Don’t Teach Our Children Crime
Under the Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention Act of 1974, the states agreed to humanize their often Dickensian juvenile justice systems in exchange for increased federal aid. This promising arrangement collapsed in the 1990s during hysteria about an adolescent crime wave that never materialized. The states intensified all kinds of punishments for children and sent large numbers to adult jails where, research has shown, they are more likely to be battered, traumatized and transformed into hard-core, recidivist criminals.
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Some changes would improve legislation in the Senate.
The Washington Post
Sunday, July 13, 2008; B06
SINCE 1974, federal law has required that juveniles picked up for breaking the law be kept separate from alleged adult offenders -- and for good reason. Juveniles held in adult facilities are more likely to be attacked, more likely to commit crimes once released and more likely to commit suicide than those held in facilities that house only minors.
Help Closer to Home
July 11, 2008
NY Times Editorial
One proven way to prevent borderline young offenders from becoming serious criminals is to treat them — and their families — in community-based counseling programs instead of shipping them off to juvenile facilities that are often hundreds of miles away from home. Early data suggests that New York City’s alternative-placement programs are cutting recidivism rates.
juvenile clemency
Panel makes inroads
With a system to review offenders finally in place, the first-of-its-kind board has started assessing cases.
The Denver Post
Article Last Updated: 07/06/2008 11:39:22 PM MDT
Nearly a year after Gov. Bill Ritter established the nation's first juvenile-clemency board, the panel has delved into individual cases — and could soon make its first recommendations on whether to offer some young offenders a second chance.
After establishing eligibility criteria and crafting an application process, the board reviewed two cases at its June 20 meeting, has given four others serious consideration and expects several more to be in the pipeline soon.
Some final clemency decisions likely will come before the end of the year, said Mark Noel, the state director for extradition and clemency. Adult clemency traditionally has been announced around Christmastime.
A neutral site dealing with all sides of the juvenile-adult system. Includes posts from some young prisoners.
Posts from family members and offenders of young prisoners. Also calls to action.
for victims of juvenile LWOPS
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